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Public Awareness of Mercury in Fish: Analysis of Public Awareness and Assessment of Fish Consumption in Vermont

Exposure to mercury from environmental sources, such as fish consumption, poses potential health risks to the public. The state of Vermont has developed educational brochures and posters displaying safe fish consumption guidelines in order to educate the public regarding mercury exposure through fis...

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Autores principales: Damsky, William E., Duncan, Elizabeth, Flanagan, Noreen, Fromhold, Karen, Dung, Hyunh, Meyer, Russell, Sax, Jordan, Delaney, Thomas, Bress, William, Hoffman-Contois, Razelle, Carney, Jan K.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: McGill University 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21152332
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author Damsky, William E.
Duncan, Elizabeth
Flanagan, Noreen
Fromhold, Karen
Dung, Hyunh
Meyer, Russell
Sax, Jordan
Delaney, Thomas
Bress, William
Hoffman-Contois, Razelle
Carney, Jan K.
author_facet Damsky, William E.
Duncan, Elizabeth
Flanagan, Noreen
Fromhold, Karen
Dung, Hyunh
Meyer, Russell
Sax, Jordan
Delaney, Thomas
Bress, William
Hoffman-Contois, Razelle
Carney, Jan K.
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description Exposure to mercury from environmental sources, such as fish consumption, poses potential health risks to the public. The state of Vermont has developed educational brochures and posters displaying safe fish consumption guidelines in order to educate the public regarding mercury exposure through fish. In this study, a group of medical students from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Health, conducted a study in Chittenden County, Vermont in order to assess both fish consumption practices and overall awareness of such safe eating guidelines and mercury advisories. A total of 166 Vermont residents were surveyed during a six week period. The results of this survey suggest that in Chittenden county of Vermont, these educational efforts are markedly successful, with 48% of respondents being specifically aware of the safe eating guidelines. Further, these results suggest that 61% of those respondents that reported low monthly canned tuna consumption had a decreased their consumption in response to the safe eating guidelines. last, a series of specific, yet widely applicable recommendations are presented for future public educational efforts regarding mercury exposure through fish consumption.
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spelling pubmed-29972642010-12-08 Public Awareness of Mercury in Fish: Analysis of Public Awareness and Assessment of Fish Consumption in Vermont Damsky, William E. Duncan, Elizabeth Flanagan, Noreen Fromhold, Karen Dung, Hyunh Meyer, Russell Sax, Jordan Delaney, Thomas Bress, William Hoffman-Contois, Razelle Carney, Jan K. Mcgill J Med Original Article Exposure to mercury from environmental sources, such as fish consumption, poses potential health risks to the public. The state of Vermont has developed educational brochures and posters displaying safe fish consumption guidelines in order to educate the public regarding mercury exposure through fish. In this study, a group of medical students from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Health, conducted a study in Chittenden County, Vermont in order to assess both fish consumption practices and overall awareness of such safe eating guidelines and mercury advisories. A total of 166 Vermont residents were surveyed during a six week period. The results of this survey suggest that in Chittenden county of Vermont, these educational efforts are markedly successful, with 48% of respondents being specifically aware of the safe eating guidelines. Further, these results suggest that 61% of those respondents that reported low monthly canned tuna consumption had a decreased their consumption in response to the safe eating guidelines. last, a series of specific, yet widely applicable recommendations are presented for future public educational efforts regarding mercury exposure through fish consumption. McGill University 2009-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2997264/ /pubmed/21152332 Text en Copyright © 2009 by MJM http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Damsky, William E.
Duncan, Elizabeth
Flanagan, Noreen
Fromhold, Karen
Dung, Hyunh
Meyer, Russell
Sax, Jordan
Delaney, Thomas
Bress, William
Hoffman-Contois, Razelle
Carney, Jan K.
Public Awareness of Mercury in Fish: Analysis of Public Awareness and Assessment of Fish Consumption in Vermont
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title_fullStr Public Awareness of Mercury in Fish: Analysis of Public Awareness and Assessment of Fish Consumption in Vermont
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title_short Public Awareness of Mercury in Fish: Analysis of Public Awareness and Assessment of Fish Consumption in Vermont
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21152332
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